One stick challenge

Very recently i was up my local woods for a spot of injection of the green stuff, considering that most of the uk was getting a slight kicking by good old Jack frost and Mr. Snow it was oddly mild and a rather pleasant morning.
Im bit of an early bird and when im out on just a day excursion i like to take advantage of the days opportunities. I found a nice spot which has a lot of alder trees (alnus  glutinosa) in the area which is often an indication that the ground is either located very close too or in and around water or even marsh ground  an interesting fact to know that alder thrives in water but decays quickly outside the wet stuff which is why a lot of alder was used in Venice and historically was used in the fabrication of boats, sluice gates and even water pipes. Oddly enough alder is great for the making of charcoal and i have used the wood in my bow drill friction firelighting.
Anyhow there were other woods too willow, birch and not forgetting white poplar.
There was an alder tree wind damaged so that was my perfect spot for my bench and i knocked up an impromptu table .

I knocked this up in a couple of minutes i used alder to construct it. Ikea eat your heart out. No longer had i just finished it and the rain fell so i set up my aussie tarp .

After a couple of brews i wanted to have a go at this "one stick fire challenge ", for those of you that dont know , you must select a length of wood that is as thick as your wrist and as long as your arm, thats it -you then must use the materials to cook food or boil water for a brew for me i made a brew.

It was only slightly challenging for me but thats not to sound big headed but after a quick evaluation i fluffed up the some of the wood with the back of my knife the rest is history. I have a video on my YouTube channel -descattys showing my efforts.

So until next time thanks for stopping by stay safe and have fun.